The boar Casey Collins hit is road-kill. Her VW's in a snow-shrouded ditch. She and Matt, the young Marine guard riding shotgun, are stuck on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain after dark, an hour from the Warsaw embassy. She can't let the lad freeze to death. She cajoles him into her double sleeping bag and climbs in after. Her need for warmth this icy winter night puts her on a deadly road.

From twilight in the parking lot at Dulles Airport to a sunlit afternoon in a Belarus orchard, the action winds breathlessly eastward as Casey Collins and her small band of unlikely cohorts struggle to contain a nuclear evil let loose when the Cold War ended.
En route to Berlin for an international conference, a crushing series of events force Casey into the field to risk all she holds dear.

For Vince Maguire, life as an expat journalist in Warsaw is an easy glide — until the dark world of his estranged brother intrudes.
Teddy's in trouble, but is he victim or villain? Is he even alive? The answers are in the frozen oilfields of northern Canada — a new wild west where the normal rules of behavior don’t apply.
In the end, who really needs to be saved, the seeker or the sought?

Heading to Poland or Ukraine for Euro 2012? Our handy guide – written by two England fans living in Poland and Ukraine – will give you the inside tips on where to go, what to do, how to stay safe and enjoy your stay in these beautiful countries.

Love, in all its positive and negative aspects, often serves as the defining test of a person's character. These stories show that redemption implies a preexisting state of despair, and such despair can all too often be a by-product of love.
These stories show the transitions between these states. They are all set in Poland and, indirectly highlight aspects of Polish culture.